Came across this Lux lamp which is very big. Never been used it seems. What can you tell me about this?
Welcome aboard! That's a great find and Christer should be able to answer your questions about that lamp, a few more photographs would help though, Jeff.
Welcome... All I know about that lamp is you should buy it, remove it from the box carefully and take many pictures, post the pictures here, return the lamp to the box and repack it as if it had never been removed. Most important - NEVER light it!
Congratulation to an unbelievable fantastic find ! This is the "Autolux" lamp that came in several sizes from 250 up to 1000CP. By the look of the glass shade, this is probably one of the bigger size lamps maybe 650/700 or 1000CP. These lamps were produced from around 1910 and till the end of the Lux lamp production era in the late 1910th. /Conny
Yep. That is a great find. Unfortunately it is a gravity lamp, so it could go in the open forum, but we have a gravity lamp section in the Gallery, so I have moved it there instead. Just post the rest of the photos here as (if) you take them. The Autolux was one of Lux' most successful lamps, and it is a fantastic piece of engineering with many of Lux patents in use. You can see my example in my avatar, and I would say that the CP-size Conny guess sounds reasonable by the look of yours. The sales of these are mentioned as early as 1906 in the documents, but I think that those are a cruder version.
Thanks guys. This is great help. I learned a lot by this. I thought it was some sort of ship lamp. Although I dont quite understand how it would have worked. Had another look at it and i has serial nr 22 369. Had no idea this was that old. Must be rare to find ANYTHING unused I guess when it is 100 years old (I guess).
Holy s--t . Is this still possible to find If this is some sort of joke, then ----- I would like the lamp afterwards I still have the lux-lamp on my wishlist but to find a "streetlamp" or "factorylamp" in this condition is beyond all hopes . This is just awesome, congratulation a lot Gravitylamps are very nice, easy and fun to light, but as David says - I agree - dont light it. Go get another one as a userlamp Claus C
this have been discussed for several times on this forum or others , but I must say that I can not prevent me to light up my lamps at least once
Yes, that clip is very good. But you are wrong in your title there. It's not any Primus stoves involved. Everything is from the Lux factory. This misinformation is also printed at the Royal Library (where this movie comes from) and an other place in Sweden where they publish it. They even says that the lamps are Primus! I have told them several times that hey are wrong, but nothing happens. Edit: they finally after several years changed to the correct Lux.
The lamp is a beauty in colours and shape and its a real gem. Congratulation saving this masterpiece. I never saw that Primusclip before . It was very nice to get a glimpse of former plantwork. Btw who says womens usually dont fettle lamps Thanks for sharing.
Hi Christer ! i did change title word now :o first a iittle sceen look like lux no.9 leg shape . i don't know , why lux stove and lamp rare. a few quantity make? or in the blast furnace ? but lux stove and lamp design ,quality ,mechanic, is very fantastic !! thanks Christer . Gunsoo
I agree Gunsoo. Lux is top notch. Especially the stoves has solid details and deep engravings. I guess they are rare mainly because they are so much older than the other stuff. And of course because of the quantity in made items can't compete with e.g. Primus. Lux main thing for the short period they focused on this stuff was street- working- and to some extent- lighthouse lightings. Things that wasn't in private domestic use has a tendency of not being saved when obsolete. Rather scrapped than put away in an attic or cellar.
